Program Analyst

Magenta Consulting

Istanbul, Turkey and Amman, Jordan

March-June 2019

 

Provided research, Monitoring & Evaluation, and operational support to Social Behavior Change communications campaigns in Jordan, Lebanon, and Afghanistan on a short-term consultant contract.

 

 

Researcher

SREO Consulting

Istanbul, Turkey and Erbil, Iraq

July 2017- March 2019

 

Managed third-party Monitoring and Evaluation for humanitarian aid projects implemented by USAID, UNOCHA, Mercy Corps, and CARE International in Syria and Iraq.

Developed all research tools for a range of multi-sector project evaluations, coding and processing relevant data in Arabic, and drafting all relevant monitoring reports.

Liaised remotely and in-person with local staff to ensure timely and proper implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation activities, with travel to Iraq, Syria, Tunisia, and Somalia.

Managed all aspects of SREO's expansion into North Africa, including building and maintaining a Libyan field network and opening branch offices in Libya and Tunisia.

 

 

Analyst and Project Officer

ARK Group

Amman, Jordan and Istanbul, Turkey

December 2015-June 2017

 

Served as the primary point of contact with local implementing partners in a Syria-focused communications program.

Designed yearlong communications campaigns in Arabic and evaluated their progress through methodologically rigorous in-country research.

Oversaw disbursement of all project funds.

Developed and maintained a network of 80 research contacts in Jordan and Syria.

Conducted primary research, exclusively using Arabic-language personal interviews and open-source media, to illuminate humanitarian and governance issues in Syria.

Presented regular atmospherics briefings on governance conditions in Syria and broader Syrian conflict dynamics to high-level diplomatic and humanitarian officials.